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An Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) is a new requirement for foreign nationals from visa-exempt countries arriving in Canada by air, whether to visit the country directly or to pass through in transit.

Top Immigration Lawyer Singer Says Mexican Asylum Claims to Rise

April 3, 2017 – Immigration.ca Managing Partner Colin Singer says he expects the number of asylum claims at the Canadian border from Mexicans to carry on increasing now that the Canada visa requirement has been lifted.

Speaking to the Daily Beast, immigration lawyer Singer raised concerns that numbers like the 7,600 refugee claims that were seen in 2009 could return after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lifted the requirement against official advice.

The first two months of 2017 saw 440 Mexicans detained at the Canada border, according to figures obtained by Reuters. That’s more than the 410 detentions in the whole of 2016.

Government analysis says lifting the visa requirement will cost $433.5 million over the next decade, partly offset by an expected $171.6 million boost to the economy through increased tourism, investment and trade.

Canada has also promised to lift a visa requirement for Romanians and Bulgarians during 2017, as part of negotiations that saw the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) signed in late 2016.

The move came despite Canada saying they use reciprocity when setting visa requirements.

The European Union changed its rules in 2014, to state that any country awarded visa-free access to the bloc must grant the same privilege in return.

Affected countries including Canada and the U.S. were given two years to comply, which Canada did reluctantly after the issue became linked to the CETA deal.

Separately, Singer also called for Canada to suspends its participation in the Safe Third Country Agreement with the U.S., the accord which means a migrant must claim refugee status in their first country of arrival.

The agreement has come under the spotlight since Trump began his attempted USA immigration crackdown, with migrants preferring to risk the freezing conditions to cross the Canadian border illegally to avoid being turned away.

“The American refugee system is notorious for its flaws and perils,” Singer said.

“In theory the U.S. is supposed to have a fair system, but in practice you can see that Canada’s is much kinder, the hearings are timelier, and we have a lower volume of detentions, especially of the sort that separate families.”

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